High performance, high availability.

Operating System

Microsoft® Windows®, Linux, VMware®, Microsoft Hyper-V®

Connectivity

Hot-swappable controllersMD34x0 and MD38x0x controllers are not compatible with the older generation arrays (MD32x0x and MD36x0x).

Single controller models: MD3400/MD3420: Directly connect up to two high-availability (HA)-configured servers or eight non-HA-configured servers to a single MD3400 or MD3420 storage system. Available with 4GB cache controllers.

Dual controller models: MD3400/MD3420/MD3460: Directly connect up to four HA-configured servers or eight non-HA-configured servers to a single SAS storage system. Available with an option of 4GB or 8GB cache controllers.MD3060e contains two hot-swappable enclosure management modules (EMMs)

Controller featuresEach controller provides four 12Gbps SAS ports (MD3400/MD3420/MD3460); a total of eight for dual controller modelsEach controller contains 4GB or 8GB of battery-backed cacheDual controllers operate in an active-active environment mirroring each other’s cacheCache protection is provided via flash memory for permanent data protectionDynamic Disk Pools (DDP)* eliminates the need for complex RAID management while optimizing data protection, and can be used with existing RAID configurations Dual controllers are required for the MD3460 dense array

RAIDSupport for RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 5, 6Up to 180/192* physical disks per group in RAID 0, 10 Up to 30 physical disks per group in RAID 5, 6 Up to 512 virtual disksDDP*

MD3060e Dense Enclosure EBOD expansion enclosure designed for use with the MD3 dense array series only (MD3260i, MD3460, MD3860i, MD3860f)

Dimensions are identical to the dense array series (MD3260i, MD3460, MD3860i, MD3860f)

Controllers on the MD3 dense series arrays have either one 6Gbps SAS Out port (MD3260i) or one 12Gbps SAS Out port (MD3460, MD3860i, and MD3860f) for connecting to the MD3060e enclosure expansion for additional capacity (max 2 per dense array). For systems without premium feature activation, the physical disk limit is 120.

Technology that delivers high-performance and high-capacity storage

Consolidate your storage with the new PowerVault MD3 12Gb serial-attached SCSI (SAS) array. The 12Gb MD3 SAS array series is ideal for entry-level storage consolidation requiring high availability, high performance, business continuity, ease of use and reliability. Designed for versatility, the MD3 series supports a range of drive types, premium software features and a choice of a 2U or high density 4U chassis.

Get affordable enterprise-level capabilities

PowerVault MD3 SAS arrays come with the following features:

Improved performance: Get up to 2x performance with the new 12Gb SAS arrays*.

MD Storage Manager

With wizard-based array configuration and single-pane management, MD Storage Manager can alert you to problems and launch its recovery guru to automatically help troubleshoot and resolve issues.

VMware vCenter Plug-In 5.0

Monitor, manage, provision and optimize storage for performance and availability across your virtual infrastructure. You can also implement Storage Replication Adapters (SRA) to simplify management of disaster recovery with centralized recovery plans and VASA to create profiles that map to volumes and virtual machines.

Data Protection:

High Performance:

Data is increasing at an alarming rate, but performance should not be impacted. This bundle includes the High Performance tier, SSD cache and the additional drive capacity license.

Speed recovery with Dynamic Disk Pools.

Dynamic Disk Pools protect data by dynamically distributing data across pools of drives. In the event of a drive failure, DDP will identify the critical data and dynamically rebalance the data so the array can return to an optimal state faster than it would in the typical RAID environment. DDP can now support up to 20 disk pools and up to 120 SSDs.

MD3400 12Gb SAS array

This SAS array provides high-availability and high-capacity when using 12Gb near-line SAS drives with Direct Attach Storage (DAS). In a 2U, 12-drive enclosure, it can support 4GB cache per controller, or 8GB cache per controller with the dual controller configuration.

Directly connect up to four high-availability (HA)-configured servers or eight non-HA-configured servers to a single MD3400 storage system

Expand capacity with up to eight MD1200 or MD1220 expansion enclosures

MD3420 12Gb SAS array

The PowerVault MD3 SAS series has been designed with the entry-level to medium business customer in mind. It uses 12Gb near-line SAS drives and DAS with single or dual active/active controllers in a 2U, 24-drive enclosure. It can support 4GB cache per controller, or 8GB cache per controller with the dual controller configuration.

Directly connect up to four high-availability (HA)-configured servers or eight non-HA-configured servers to a single MD3420 storage system

Single- or dual-controller options

MD3460 12Gb SAS array

The MD3 dense SAS array has a 4U form factor that supports more drives than ever before within the MD3 product line, allowing you to save space, power and cooling while maintaining its ease-of-management. It uses 12Gb near-line SAS drivesand DAS with dual active/active controllers, with a 60-drive capacity per enclosure. It can support 4GB or 8GB cache per controller.

vCenter Plug-in to monitor and manage the PowerVault MD series arrays in conjunction with VMware virtualization software

MD3060e expansion enclosure

A 60-drive expansion enclosure specifically designed for the MD3 dense array series, the MD3060e* dense enclosure is an eBOD (expansion bunch of disks), which operate in the same fashion as a JBOD (just a bunch of disks). There are two enclosure management modules (EMM) that allow for management of the expansion drives via the MD3 Dense Array controllers. The MD1200 and MD1220 are designed for use as expansion for the MD3 2U arrays.

Up to 2 expansion enclosures can be daisy chained to an MD3 Series array

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